Only one game Friday features a pair of playoff teams. Plus, updated playoff projections, draft lottery standings after Thursday.

After a grueling regular season, it's time to crown a champion. The 2024-25 NBA regular season concluded on Sunday after nearly six months of non-stop action. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The upcoming playoffs will feature all ...

How do the NBA playoffs work? First-round matchups in each conference are No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, No. 3 vs. No. 6, and No. 4 vs. No. 5. All postseason series are best of seven where the higher seed has home-court advantage in Games 1, 2, 5 and 7.

The NBA regular season will resume Thursday, Feb. 19, following its one-week break for the All-Star Game. Attention quickly turns to the race for the postseason with less than two months to play before the regular season ends. The reigning-champion ...

The Portland Trail Blazers are celebrating after a 114-104 win against the Los Angeles Clippers inside the Intuit Dome. The victory puts the Blazers above .500

After the Boston Celtics officially clinched a playoff spot by defeating the Charlotte Hornets 114-99 on Sunday, star guard Jaylen Brown threw some shade at anyone who had low expectations for his team entering the season.

As the regular season winds down, the battle for postseason positioning reaches a fever pitch across the league.